Germany’s von Bredow-Werndl and the elegant mare won the seventh leg of the FEI Dressage World Cup Western European League.

It was a triumphant comeback for the German rider, who had a baby in August, aboard her longtime partner TSF Dalera BB in Lyon, France.

The German says that it is unfair to prevent a rider who wants to return to competition sooner than six months from doing so.

The FEI Dressage World Cup Final 2022 got underway on Thursday evening and the result was not at all surprising.

When the FEI Dressage World Cup™ Final 2022 gets underway in Leipzig, Germany, this week, the defending champs will be the ones to beat.

Former Canadian Olympian Ashley Holzer, who took up American citizenship five years ago, tops the North American League with Havanna.

The pair took the sixth and last qualifier at ’s-Hertogenbosch in The Netherlands with a stunning Freestyle score of 90.555%.

The winning Tokyo Olympic pair showed why they are at the top of the FEI World Rankings when posting a score of 90.615.

The German captured her third gold medal of the week on home soil riding Dalera, over Cathrine Dufour (DEN) and Charlotte Dujardin (GBR).

Germany’s Isabell Werth took silver and Denmark’s Cathrine Dufour snagged bronze; the leading 15 go through to Saturday’s Freestyle.